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Q&A Using uncommon abbreviations

Something which I see all the time in (popular) science writing is the use of abbreviations to indicate concepts. For (a made up) example: So when we're dealing with Anachronistic Meta Mechanic...

2 answers  ·  posted 14y ago by David Rutten‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:15:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/1693
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar David Rutten‭ · 2019-12-08T01:15:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
Something which I see all the time in (popular) science writing is the use of abbreviations to indicate concepts. For (a made up) example:

> So when we're dealing with Anachronistic Meta Mechanics (AMM) we have to take a wholly different approach than before in the case of Amniotic Uber Psychotics (AUP). Those in favour of AMM in fact frequently disagree with the conclusions reached by applying AUP mechanisms to the same data set...

Since I'm not familiar with these abbreviations from prior experience I always end up looking back to where the abbreviations were first introduced. This severely impedes the progress I can make across a text like this. However, since it is an extremely common practice I figured I'd ask if this is a problem more people have and whether there are good alternatives.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-02-20T13:34:56Z (almost 14 years ago)
Original score: 6